**Sometimes one person quietly changes the course of your life.**
In this Gratitude Tour letter, I share my heartfelt thanks to **Anna Runkle**, better known as *The Crappy Childhood Fairy*, whose compassionate approach to childhood trauma, emotional regulation, and daily healing practices became an important part of my own recovery journey. This isn't a debate about mental health. It's a thank-you to someone whose work gave me hope when I needed it most.
If you're curious about Anna's work, I encourage you to explore her YouTube channel and resources at The Crappy Childhood Fairy. For more stories about healing, gratitude, reinvention, music, food, travel, and living a meaningful life, visit https://www.tretaylor.com

Healing is not a profession. Healing is a practice.

A Gratitude Tour Story by Tré Taylor ~ A heartfelt thank-you to Anna Runkle, whose practical guidance on healing from childhood trauma helped me find hope, resilience, and a deeper commitment to my own recovery.

❤️ 🤍 ❤️

Let Me Introduce You to Someone Who Helped Me

If you've never heard of Anna Runkle, I'd love to introduce you.

Millions of people know her as The Crappy Childhood Fairy. Her helpful YouTube channel is a wealth of support and useful information for navigating daily wellness with CPTSD.

The name may make you smile, but her work has brought hope to countless people who are trying to heal from childhood trauma and complex PTSD.

Dear Anna,

We have never met, but I wanted to thank you publicly.

I found your work during one of the hardest seasons of my life.

I wasn't looking for someone to rescue me.

I was looking for hope.

For language that made sense.

For practical tools that helped me understand my own nervous system.

Your videos arrived at exactly the right time.

What touched me most wasn't that you claimed to have all the answers.

It was that you never did.

You encouraged people to write.

To tell the truth.

To regulate their nervous systems.

To become active participants in their own healing.

To keep showing up for themselves.

That message mattered to me.

Like many people living with complex trauma, I had already spent years searching for relief.

Some professionals helped me.

Some treatments helped me.

Others didn't.

Eventually I learned that healing rarely comes from one place.

For me it became a combination of therapy, EMDR, TMS, journaling, meditation, music, nature, supportive friends, and learning how to understand my own nervous system.

Your work became one meaningful part of that journey.

One of the reasons I trust your work is your humility.

You never encouraged me to become dependent on you.

Instead, you consistently reminded people to do their own work, to seek professional care when appropriate, and to remember that lasting change comes through daily practice.

That philosophy resonated deeply with me.

Recently I watched your video describing the legal challenges you're facing.

I can't speak to the legal issues, and I respect that those questions belong before the courts.

What I can say is something much simpler.

Your work helped me.

It gave me courage.

It gave me hope.

It reminded me that healing is possible.

For that, I will always be grateful.

Thank you for your compassion.

Thank you for your honesty.

Thank you for sharing what you've learned.

Most of all, thank you for helping so many people—including me—believe that our past does not have to define our future.

I sincerely hope you continue encouraging people for many years to come.

The world needs thoughtful, ethical voices that remind us we are not alone.

With gratitude and respect,

Tré Taylor

📺 The Video That Inspired This Letter

Whatever the legal outcome, I wanted the public record to include one more voice saying something very simple:

Anna Runkle helped me.

And for that...

I will always be grateful.

🌻 The Gratitude Tour

There are people who quietly change lives every day.

Sometimes they're famous.

Sometimes they're neighbors.

Sometimes they're teachers.

Sometimes they're musicians.

Sometimes they're authors.

Sometimes they're simply kind human beings who show up when we need them most.

This article is part of my Gratitude Tour—a collection of thank-you letters to the people who have made my life richer, wiser, kinder, and more hopeful.

🌻 An Open Letter to Anna Runkle: Thank You for Helping Me Heal

Healing is not a profession. Healing is a practice.

❤️ 🤍 ❤️

Let Me Introduce You to Someone Who Helped Me

If you've never heard of Anna Runkle, I'd love to introduce you.

Millions of people know her as The Crappy Childhood Fairy. Her helpful YouTube channel is a wealth of support and useful information for navigating daily wellness with CPTSD.

The name may make you smile, but her work has brought hope to countless people who are trying to heal from childhood trauma and complex PTSD.

Dear Anna,

We have never met, but I wanted to thank you publicly.

I found your work during one of the hardest seasons of my life.

I wasn't looking for someone to rescue me.

I was looking for hope.

For language that made sense.

For practical tools that helped me understand my own nervous system.

Your videos arrived at exactly the right time.

What touched me most wasn't that you claimed to have all the answers.

It was that you never did.

You encouraged people to write.

To tell the truth.

To regulate their nervous systems.

To become active participants in their own healing.

To keep showing up for themselves.

That message mattered to me.

Like many people living with complex trauma, I had already spent years searching for relief.

Some professionals helped me.

Some treatments helped me.

Others didn't.

Eventually I learned that healing rarely comes from one place.

For me it became a combination of therapy, EMDR, TMS, journaling, meditation, music, nature, supportive friends, and learning how to understand my own nervous system.

Your work became one meaningful part of that journey.

One of the reasons I trust your work is your humility.

You never encouraged me to become dependent on you.

Instead, you consistently reminded people to do their own work, to seek professional care when appropriate, and to remember that lasting change comes through daily practice.

That philosophy resonated deeply with me.

Recently I watched your video describing the legal challenges you're facing.

I can't speak to the legal issues, and I respect that those questions belong before the courts.

What I can say is something much simpler.

Your work helped me.

It gave me courage.

It gave me hope.

It reminded me that healing is possible.

For that, I will always be grateful.

Thank you for your compassion.

Thank you for your honesty.

Thank you for sharing what you've learned.

Most of all, thank you for helping so many people—including me—believe that our past does not have to define our future.

I sincerely hope you continue encouraging people for many years to come.

The world needs thoughtful, ethical voices that remind us we are not alone.

With gratitude and respect,

Tré Taylor

📺 The Video That Inspired This Letter

Whatever the legal outcome, I wanted the public record to include one more voice saying something very simple:

Anna Runkle helped me.

And for that...

I will always be grateful.

🌻 The Gratitude Tour

There are people who quietly change lives every day.

Sometimes they're famous.

Sometimes they're neighbors.

Sometimes they're teachers.

Sometimes they're musicians.

Sometimes they're authors.

Sometimes they're simply kind human beings who show up when we need them most.

This article is part of my Gratitude Tour—a collection of thank-you letters to the people who have made my life richer, wiser, kinder, and more hopeful.

If someone has changed your life...

Tell them.

They may never know unless you do.

With gratitude,

Tré Taylor

🎵 Some songs arrive before the musicians do.